The surfer reported missing near Granites Beach on the Eyre Peninsula west of Adelaide on Thursday has been identified as 28-year-old Lance Appleby.
Witnesses reported seeing Appleby being attacked by a shark about 7pm near Granites Beach, triggering a search by police with SES and local volunteers.
His body is yet to be found and a search by air, land and sea resumed on Friday morning, South Australia Police said in a statement.The beach, which is an eight-hour drive from Adelaide, has been closed, and the public has been told to avoid the area.
A local is believed to have found Appleby’s surfboard while searching for the surfer on a jet ski near Granites Beach.
A search by air, land and sea resumed on Friday morning. Credit: 7NEWS
Only four hours before the alarm was raised, a local took to a South Australian West Coast shark alert Facebook forum to warn people about a great white.
“Large great white sighted acting aggressively near Granites, Streaky Bay,” they wrote.
Another local later took to the same Facebook group to mourn the surfer who was attacked near Granites Beach.
